the peace process especially not one that acts with bias in favor of the occupying power at the expense of the law and the rights of the occupied people mr president on our part in the days ahead president abbas and the palestinian leadership will continue continue their consultations at all levels to address this critical situation and determine the most appropriate way forward this will include emergency meetings of the central council to affair a unified palestinian national position as well as the upcoming ministerial meeting in jordan and oh i see someone on wednesday. central to all of these efforts will remain our overreaching priorities protection of our steadfast people our land including jerusalem and our holy sites

for as long as israelis believe your land foreign occupation persists and the extension of all efforts to bring an end to that occupation to i.g.a. to act and to achieve a just and lasting peace that fulfills the rights of the palestinian people ensures a just solution for the plight of the palestine refugees in accordance with resolution one mind for innumerate two and the arab peace initiative and achieves the independence of the state of palestine with east jerusalem as its capital where our people can finally live in freedom dignity peace and security side by side with israel and all other neighbors in the new middle east and i thank you very much mr president. i thank the permanent observer of the observer state of

palestine for his statement i now give the floor to the representative of israel thank you mr president when they declare ration marks a milestone for israel for peace and for the world the united states had the courage and to understanding of justice to all fish really state what i've always been known that there was a limb in already there will be the capital of israel and the embassy of the united states belongs in israel's capital for that i thank president. vice president peres and battle haley and their american people. the jewish people an ancient nation three thousand years ago king david declared the theater of jerusalem the capital of the jewish people jew was

a limb ffion in hebrew appeared in the bible six hundred sixty times it is the centerpiece of our vibrant jewish history three times a day jews face toward jewels on them to pray at every birth at every wedding remember jerusalem i have here a replica of an ancient coin found on the temple mount in jerusalem it is dated from the year theek fifty seven a.d. during the time of the think in jewish temple their wards yoshua lime. juice a lamb the holy are written on these coins only three years later in the youth even

the a.d. would our holy temple be destroyed and the jewish people sent into exile for two thousand year old. nearly seventy years ago this week shortly after israel declared independence by minister that we'd been growing on me that time is affirmation he said in a court jerusalem even in spiritual part of evil and their eternal capital no united nations vote can out there that the story fact it was an important message one that the ward too often seems to forget last year in this very same room we were here all of us almost all of us. the security council passed this shameful resolution two three three four

this council had the audacity the horsepower to say that either its presence at their western wall in june was the lem has and a quart no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant by all asian and their international law then it may two thousand and seventeen unesco the organisation with sponsible for preserving cultural heritage passed a resolution declaring that israel i have no legal or historical rights anywhere in jerusalem it was the one if story called wrong after another all that is why by that interims decision were thought important united states had the courage and the found moral judgment to write these stories wrong

very recognise jews a limb of the capital of the state of israel middle eastern capitals are not known for tolerance they are not known for freedom of religion but not in need well jerusalem under our sovereign israel even more free and more open to people of all religions then at any other time in history in jerusalem all people practice their religions freely in these values i mean shrine in our that liberation of independence the founding documents of our state we pledged in a court to safeguard the holy places of all religions. we have always known that there was

a let me holy for others to form their moment of our founding we pledged to create a state that would honor that holiness i democracy that would respect and value that with visions of all people that has never changed that will never change not this past week not two more not ever the announcement on wednesday revealed a sad truth about some people around the world the people who threaten to ignite a wave of violence against israel and jews every will the people who may claim they want peace but do the actions speak louder than their wards that is why today every member of this council must send a clear message there is never an excuse for violence violence must

never be used as a threat mr president we have heard these threats before in one nine hundred forty eight when israel was declared us president harry truman was warned not to recognize us people said such recognition would spark terrible violence by president truman stood strong just as president ramp did this week they made the right decision the palestinians now have a decision to make they can choose violence as they're always done and as we speak we receive reports about rockets flying from gaza into israel or they can choose to join us i dinna go shooting table they can meet us to talk in

that our mullah in jerusalem or anywhere around the world. i sincerely hope they make the right decision the american announcement should serve as a reality check for the palestinians and for the nations of the world they can see this moment for what it is an opportunity to initiate hope they can realize what of always been through that recognizing jew with a limb of its various capital either critical and necessary step for peace they can learn that they will never be peace without jerusalem by the capital of the state of israel that is why today i call on all countries all peace seeking nations of the world to join with our american friends

who recognize jews a lim's connection to israel in a move your embassies to our capital understand that is that liberation is the positive step seen it the potential that it can bring to our region mr president twice a year jews all over the ward conclude two of our major holidays young people and passover with a prayer that prayer calls for court next year in jerusalem seventy years ago the jewish people came home to jerusalem we are grateful to the united states for its courageous decision we call on all the nations of the wall to join us this year in jerusalem the capital of the state of israel lashon our. we wish our line. i think you mr

president. i think the representative of these royal for his statement i now give the floor to the representative of jordan see that easy. mr president i'd love you to begin by thanking you for having convened this emergency meeting in the very delicate circumstances which are region is passing through and wish to lead to a threat against international peace and security and also they to thank my service because i am now no special coordinator of the peace process for his briefing and i thank the members of the security council there called for this convening of this very important emergency meeting the government chose a hash my kingdom of jordan confirms that the sit in taken by the united states

administration on the sixth of december twenty seventeen recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and transferring the united states embassy there is a violation of international nearly legitimate resolutions and entrance question. of the resolutions confirming that jerusalem is the final status issue of the kingdom believes that any you know lateral. decisions to build a new situation on the ground are now and void this is why jordan rejects is a strict decision which will exacerbate tensions consolidate the israeli position and can even jeopardize the final status outcome as well as inflaming emotions and country and taking people of different religions

against each other. we believe that this is the main cause of tension in the region and there will be no security or stability without a settlement being just as syrian people and satisfying their legitimate demands for an independent state with east jerusalem as their capital jordan also confirms the importance and the need to intensify consultations to find a political. horizon which will uproot the despair and aggression in the region. jerusalem should be considered from the viewpoint of all three religions we confirm once again that the issue of jerusalem is a final status issue that is to be settled through a comprehensive settlement of the past serious where the conflict guaranteeing the existence of a new name pendant. personally and stayed with with the borders of fortune one

thousand nine hundred sixty seven this is the only way of achieving security stability and peace in accordance with international legitimate resolutions mr president. the us has recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel has over the under the law it does this perpetuate the. occupation of a by israel of the eastern part of the city the relevant security council resolutions typically the number ignition of is for the occupation of jerusalem and it cause on a member states that established the embassies in a jerusalem to close them and any. modification by israel of the legal nature and status of jews are now and void as confirmed by the various security council resolutions. especially. for

thirty six of and for change we should stress here that the recognition of any status of jerusalem as a capital have no legal effect change changing is sad as so jerusalem is occupied land as a term and by the general assembly of the united nations the security council and the advisory just session of the i.c.j. on the separation wall. it also can for. the legality of the settlements and calls for the halt show any you know that trial is really measures a creation a new reality on the ground we stress here the need for the united states simply a their essential role as a neutral mediator to settle the conflict on the basis of the two state solution which is agreed upon by the entire world as the only way of settling his

conflict and reaching a lasting peace we confirm that the hashemite kingdom of jordan will take all possible measures together with the international community in order to help achieve a settlement and realize the gesture made rights of our brother the syrian people. together with the sin. we called of for an emergency meeting of the league of arab states ms syria leveling cairo tomorrow to condemn the us decision and agree on a common mechanism should lighten the negative effects and contain the potential consequences jordan has also called for holding. a meeting of foreign ministers of the organization of islamic cooperation in istanbul this will precede the summit for which turkey called this will be held

next the words stay in some bowl rather than sunday in amman. his majesty king abdullah and hussein and the guardian of the holy sates in shareef or truth under his leadership are we will continue our intensive diplomatic efforts on the regional level and continue to call on our brothers in the sunni authority to push forward towards. the putting to an end of the occupation and the creation of syrian state and the protection of the true sermon is holy places for all over the agents as a priority. side by side with jordan thank you

there are no more names in the list of speakers the meeting is adjourned. ok so what we've been listening to jordan israel and palestine that united nations security council meeting in response to president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel now as you would expect in that last portion we heard from the u.s. ambassador nikki haley also the israeli palestinian ambassadors to the u.n. sharply divergent completely contrasting views on president trump's move the israeli ambassador hailing the decision saying that israel reiterating that israel has always claimed jerusalem as its eternal it individually in divisible capital but he did also invite the palestinians to negotiations also the palestinian ambassador calling on the u.s. to reverse its decision on recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel he said

that no state can unilaterally decide the status of jerusalem and that essentially the u.s. should reconsider what it's done and rescind its decision he said that the palestinians have often decried israel's impunity but they haven't spoken out enough against america's complicity in israel's behavior so listening to all of this correspondent at the united nations mike hanna and might perhaps it is worth at this point then reflecting on where this leaves the palestinians such a contrast between the protests we've seen in the west bank the rising tensions and confrontation there and yet here we hear that the palace an ambassador is saying that there should be they should continue to engage in some kind of talks how difficult is it going to be for the palestinian leadership to prevent an outbreak of violence. well very difficult indeed given the immense tension

that has arisen out of president trump's decision to unilaterally recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and one must see as well that what was happening within the un security council chamber very much a reflection of what's happening in many parts of the globe as people start to tend to comprehend exactly what is the significance of the position now it's just a two step back slightly and the bolivian ambassador before the meeting actually said that it's not only the issue of jerusalem that's a major problem here it's also the credibility of the u.n. security council itself and the resolutions its passed we've heard from delegate after delegates within the security council chamber saying that the position of president trump is actually a flagrant violation of all u.n. resolutions security council and general assembly council resolutions on the status

of jerusalem that is the position of the bulk of u.n. members that is the position of every nation present in the security council apart from the united states and apart from israel israel allowed in as an observer for this particular debate but nikki haley the u.s. ambassador once again decided that defense is the best part of attack she contended that the u.n. has traditionally been anti israel it has always had some kind of bias she also maintained that president trump was in no way prejudging the final state of our status outcome of the position of jerusalem that he remains committed to some form of peace process this is what the ambassador had to say. the specific dimensions of sovereignty over jerusalem are still to be decided by the israelis and the palestinians in negotiation the united states has not advocated changing any of the

arrangements at the temple mount hareem sharif the president specifically called for maintaining the status quo at the holy state finally and critically the united states is not predetermining final status issues we remain committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement we support a two state solution if agreed to by the parties well the palestinian ambassador the representative along with jordan's ambassador at the united nations were also given speaking rights during this particular meeting obviously all having playing to some kind of outcome as to what the position of jerusalem is and the palestinian representative absolutely adamant that their real problem that lie is underneath all of this is that he contends the u.s.

can no longer be regarded as an honest broker it any attempt to resuscitate what has been a long dormant peace process this is what he had to say jerusalem significance to the palestinian people moslems and christian cannot be under is to me to president abbas in his statement of six december clearly affirmed our historic national and religious attachment to the holy city has declared a nation along with those palestinian officials and millions of palestinian citizens should leave nor questioned jerusalem is a matter of priority and redline for palestinians. and yet again and again at this meeting like we heard about the urgency of renewing the peace process of continuing some sort of negotiation if there is no honest broker and if jerusalem is not up

for negotiation and that very much is that the number one issue that cuts to the heart of this conflict that the status of jerusalem what hope is that how can any sort of diplomatic efforts now being courage then and who is in a position to lead something like that. well the russian representative address that to a point he said that other bodies who had been attempting to shepherd through some form of dialogue such as the quartet would now perhaps be taking a stronger role russia itself has at times in the past attempted to mediate only to be brushed away by the united states which has through administration of the administration with the support of its longtime ally the u.k. has insisted that it should be the point person so to speak in the process of negotiation or any negotiation that might occur now that has been traditionally the

u.s. position that has been a position that many members of the u.n. have accepted but perhaps it's a sign of what's about to come at that storage ally the united kingdom sitting next to the u.s. ambassador deeply critical of president trump's decision saying very strongly that the british embassy is in tel aviv and that it will remain there but he also went on and said that president trump says that he is committed to a peace process let him ben come up now with a nother proposal it's actually quite a strong position from the u.k. saying that we've heard him commit himself to this process to a two state solution well what exactly is he going to do about it and the subtext of all of that is britain's position once again just to repeat the most long standing ally of the united states britain's position that there has been

a treaty prejudgment of the final status nature of jerusalem in president trumps decision to recognize the city as the capital of israel and to insist on moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem so we've heard this debate within the security council many ramifications are going to be coming out of the. but perhaps the strongest rectification of all will be perhaps a renewed by un members and others involved in the non negotiation process to put it like that to find out some other way this has been what many in the un and many critics of the us has contended has been the us problem all along that it has not been an honest broker because of its absolutely questioning support for israel that is administration after administration that is not just some kind of aberration by the administration that's currently in power so the hopes among some within the

united nations this may encourage other avenues to be opened for some kind of dialogue to begin again without swann of the parties involved having prejudge what the outcome should be very tensions indeed running high at that u.n. security council meeting thank you very much mike hanna bringing us all the latest of course this meeting comes on a day of rage in palestine where thousands are rallying against us president on all fronts recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel thousands marched in gaza and there were also casualties that to alan fischer is live for us now in occupied east jerusalem and alan will be hearing during the course of that meeting at the u.n. the significance of jerusalem in for the three religions politically culturally and how this move could ignite instability and in a region that was already so volatile tell us what we've seen that today. well

certainly if we walk away from the south of the country to where i'm standing no we know that in our own geyser there were certainly large protests here we're hearing in the last few hours a number of rockets have been fired from gaza into israel the israeli defense forces the israeli army have responded by attacking the places that they think the rockets came from farther along into the west bank in the occupied west bank again protests there some severe clashes number of people injured certainly a number of arrests here in east jerusalem then the protests that were quite as violent you wouldn't call them protests you would call them conflict you call them confrontations more than anything else essentially people came here to pray and the security forces that then tried to move them away there was a bit of pushing and shoving in a number of people were arrested we're told to here but in the suburbs around this area around the all city of jerusalem and this is the famous damascus gate there's certainly been clashes and violent clashes just in the last couple of hours we've

had a number of explosions they could be fireworks or they could actually have been large enough to be stun grenades so across the occupied territories across israel you are seeing protests against this decision by the united states to see that jerusalem will be israel's capital and just on up point listening to mike and listening to the u.n. security council with people seeing the u.n. the united states needs to reverse course it needs to change its decision the reality is that isn't going to happen donald trump doesn't really care very much about what the international opinion is we know that because before he made his decision he received calls from several world leaders and none of them were able to sway him this has been done for basic domestic purposes donald trump said he wanted to do and in his speech there was that very trumpy a moment where he said that many presidents have thought about doing this but they never had the courage that was donald trump seeing cobra of i am and as far as he's . it's ticking something off that he talked about during the presidential campaign

so the protests can continue the international delegations can urge the americans to change their mind president abbas the palestinian president abbas me well meet mike pence the vice president although he says he's reluctant to do that in the moment he will meet or what he said in the next. day when he's in the in the area in the next week or so a but it's not going to change donald trump's mind and that's an important bit of context to bring us there alan but where does this leave the palestinians and because president mahmoud abbas is take so much of his position on non violent means of seeking a resolution to this conflict he has done a lot of what the americans have asked of him and things haven't changed for the palestinians in fact they're getting steadily worse how what sort of response do palestinians there want to see now from their leadership. well there's two things

to think of here first of all as mike hanna rightly pointed out america has always been seen as the key partner in any peace deal in the middle east and certainly we know that a number of presidents have always tried to make this the key moment of their presidency we saw with carter and with clinton and the two bushes and obama stepped away from it but wanted kerry to try and do something when he was secretary of state so what might happen now is that this might open up other avenues they might look to other ways and as mike said the russians might play a part the second thing to remember is that jerry cushion or who is donald trump a son in law of also a senior advisor in the white house is putting together. what donald trump himself has described as the deal of the century trying to get a peace deal here and what he's done my understanding is that he's spoken to all the interested parties say tell us what your red lines are and his intention is

that some point possibly early next year he's going to get everyone together see this is the peace plan that we would like to put forward and it's not your will take this or take that it's not or if they do this then you do that it is a huge is the plan and you need to sign up to it what happens knows that the palestinians will be very reluctant to to look at that thinking that it's a document which is impartial because they think that the united states has already expressed their concern and expressed their preferences formally worse in the past the always thought that the americans may well be in the israeli side that final peace plan will be interesting to see whether or not the policies can sign up tonight but certainly they're going to be very angry about this and you can feel it here in jerusalem people are concerned they're upset angry they think that donald trump i was speaking to someone said donald trump doesn't understand international

fears. and those around him haven't been able to convince him otherwise and that would certainly fit in with what i was hearing when i was at the white house just two days ago that jim mattis who's the defense secretary and rex tillerson who's the secretary of state were arguing him not to make this decision because they thought it could lead to widespread violence and widespread anger against americans not just here in the middle east but around the world and we've certainly seen with protests in front of many u.s. embassies around the world today. thanks very much and nic analysis as an ambassador to. france and the larger number of people in the chamber and the security council indicates jerusalem is in the heart of the global international community jerusalem is the city of peace general from jerusalem we can have peace and without general salim we cannot have

peace we are waiting for the meeting of the arab ministers tomorrow and the some out in turkey on wednesday i believe we will come back to the security council because we asked in our statement that this unanimous position by the fourteen countries in reaffirming the. resolutions of the security council in jerusalem and asking for very sending of the decision of the united states we want that to be reflected in a resolution by the security council. i believe after the meeting of the top ministers we will see further steps in the security council with the view of trying to see that from asian by the fourteen

members in the security council to the resolutions that related to jerusalem and asking for the u.s. administration to send this position let me just say a few things in out a bit. of the ah but a lot about potshot of those a few minutes ago one of the abalos i have been listening to the palestinian ambassador to the united nations retracing a lot of what he said earlier but essentially saying that the status of jerusalem cannot be a funeral unilaterally decided by any one state certainly in the meeting we heard him calling upon the united states to reverse or rescind its decision the palestinians making it very clear that they do not any longer consider the us an honest broker that the u.s. is no longer in a position to be able to lead or engage in any kind of diplomatic effort or negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians and really the palestinians

here calling for a multilateral approach they want more involvement by the united nations more involvement by the quartet and other elements in the international community but certainly very important for the palestinians to be taking a strong position hearing from our correspondent in jerusalem saying that emotions are running high there and the pressure is really building in the city so important for the palestinians to be seen to be reacting strongly to what has taken place not least for their own people but this meeting of course comes on a day of rage and not only in palestine but elsewhere many thousands rallying against trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel and also many thousands of people marching in gaza the casualties there as well harry forces reports. two days on to donald trump's announcement the first fatality of the protests it sparked came in gaza israeli troops firing across the border fence with

live ammunition. thousands marched through gaza's jabaliya refugee camp as a calling for a new palestinian uprising. these marches will not stop until the liberation of jerusalem. they want any being also in the west bank and in the territories of one thousand nine hundred forty eight. in ramallah in the occupied west bank stone throwing protest is sheltered behind time to smoke and improvised barricades the israeli military had mobilized thousands of extra troops in anticipation. there was similar scenes in bethlehem just days ago the city ushered in the christmas season with fireworks now it's tear gassed streaking the sky. and at the focus of it all there were protests too in occupied east jerusalem at the old city's damascus gate after friday prayers hundreds gathered regular scuffles punctuating and otherwise

relatively peaceful protest there been sporadic clashes one of them is taking place right now it seemed to start when a young child needed medical attention there was shouts from the steps where people been protesting and then some people rushed down to where police security forces cordoned off where that child was being treated just a few kilometers away in west jerusalem an entirely different sort of a day president trump is a very good friend of his israel. he was promising every poll before the elections and i think it's time. to accomplish his promises i think it's good. i don't think we need a proof from anyone bads. i think it's a bit dramatic and we'll. to officially recognize jerusalem the u.s. vice president stood behind donald trump during wednesday's announcement the

palestinian leadership now says mike pence won't be welcome in the occupied west bank when he visits the region later this month it says the u.s. has disqualified itself from meeting a peace process whose goal of a two state solution looks at a further from you are equals that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. well there has been widespread opposition to president trump's declaration and demonstrators have been marching in solidarity with the palace same people in countries well why nominate are reports on that. in tukey the reaction to president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the couplet all of israel was swift and it started protesting almost as soon as the u.s. president had finished his speech on wednesday. sols and smushed again on friday a point of stumbles biggest mosques that rage clear jerusalem is not just a red line for palestinians they chanted. five after obama was brought all this

precious thing i have wanted from one president. from osama was the next week he will be the first thing i'm missing all the organizers from are from a country that wants to see a conservative on. the program from the station. in various countries protest as he did the calls by palestinian leaders to take to the streets on friday in indonesia the most populous muslim country thousands protested in the capital jakarta the most rating this what it does it to with the palestinians and denouncing trump's decision. in neighboring malaysia protesters in kuala lumpur held placards their message crystal clear. is not america's to give away. as prime minister najib razak expressed his government's a position to trump's position. in egypt thousands gathered at the main mosque in

the capital cairo. today into the american university of cairo as well as of the institutions voiced their feelings too. while protestors in other countries were allowed to express themselves freely palestinians living under occupation was attacked by israeli forces when they are tempted to avoid his heart in the occupied west bank because some rubber bullets were fired at protesters. israel's claim to jerusalem is based on a belief dating back more than two thousand years the court granted it to the jews while jerusalem has been under israeli control for decades no the united nations considers israel's presence there illegal. and expressed worldwide is because of what is perceived as an attempt by bolts from to smush these longstanding international consensus in the interests warre muhammad at all just stumble. on out some of the day's other stories at least nineteen people have been killed

and fifty three others wounded in an attack on a u.n. base in the democratic republic of congo at least fourteen un peacekeepers and five congolese soldiers were killed in the attack on thursday night in the eastern province of north kivu u.n. secretary general antonio terry says the peacekeepers killed were mostly from tanzania and he described described it as a tragic day they want to express my outrage and out of heartbreak that last night's attack on the united nations peacekeepers into the r.c. i offer my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims and to the government and people of the new year and they wish a speedy recovery to all those injured i condemn this attack only quickly in these deliberate attacks against when peacekeepers are and acceptable and constitute a war crime evidence prime minister is appealed for support from world powers at a summit convened by france saad hariri his surprise resignation in saudi arabia

last month caused a political crisis has turned to global backers to endorse the country's policy of disassociation which allows it to stay neutral in the escalating regional rivalry between saudi arabia and iran french president emmanuel lakhani the host of the meeting in paris called for an end to interference in lebanese politics where the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is also attending the meeting in paris. i think with respect to saudi arabia's engagement with qatar how they're handling the yemen a war that they're engaged in the lebanon situation i think we would encourage them to be a bit more measured and a bit more thoughtful in those actions to i think fully consider the consequences i think we've been clear when it comes to yemen we have called for and president trump himself called for this week a complete end to the blockade of yemen a reopening of all the ports today not just humanitarian assistance but commercial

delivery as well because about eighty percent of the food comes in on commercial shipments we are asking that saudi arabia allow that access i think as to lebanon things have worked out in a very positive way perhaps even more positive than before because there have been very strong statements of affirmation about future of lebanon which can only be helpful. strong winds continue strong winds continue to fan massive wildfires around the city of los angeles has been killed and several others are being treated in hospital or than two hundred thousand people have been evacuated from their homes and about five hundred buildings have been destroyed by the flames that have already destroyed around five hundred sixty square kilometers of land for more on this we can speak to allan show fly in los angeles tell us more about what's happening there now. mariam we're a little north of los angeles we're on the eastern flank of what's called the thomas fire by far the largest fire burning in southern california we've been

watching all morning long as helicopters have been a telecaster crews have been attacking the flanks of the mountains here there were huge flames roaring in these valleys and on these cliffs when we got here three or four hours ago they have been working three sometimes four helicopters at a time dousing those flames up in those mountains in the los padres national forest there had been some a vacuum ration is in this area but not too many this is a fairly sparsely settled agricultural region right where we are however the evacuation orders for several los angeles fires have been lifted now people in that area being allowed to go back into their homes those situations under control and fewer restrictions on movement and people have been able to go back to their homes one of the major areas of concern now is outside of the city of san diego what's called the lilac fire that blew up into about two thousand the heck tears of flames

yesterday in a matter of hours sixty five structures burned there also several dozen high end race horses killed at a training facility the weather is the key here mary and we've got a very calm moring morning firefighters overnight in this morning able to stop putting so much effort at protecting structures and actually get into. fighting these fires and they have made progress both here in ventura county and in los angeles there's hope for more of that break more of that calm through the weekend but i can tell you right now the breezes are picking up here the wind starting to blow again and that is the last thing that fire bosses want to hear another note the local utility southern california edison has put out a public warning to people living in fire areas that people impersonating their inspectors have been trying to gain access to neighborhoods and trying to get into homes also there are curfews in several of the local cities here police very aware

very sensitive about the possibility of looting in the wake of all these fires very well thank you very much ana shuffler bringing us the latest on those wildfires in california thank you well now some news from honduras amnesty international is releasing a report on human rights abuses in the days after the honduran presidential election the organization says the government used dangerous and illegal tactics against protest as during last month's vote delegates from amnesty international say human rights violations were widespread in the capital. fourteen people were killed during the largely peaceful demonstrations most of them by gunshot wounds so we can now speak to money in mexico city and money i understand that you are in honduras in the days after the election you saw some of the demonstrations in the capital what did you witness and is it consistent with this report from amnesty.

not entirely the time that we spent in honduras we didn't have any issues dealing with the military or with the police department and we didn't witness any violence from protesters in fact the vast majority of demonstrations that we saw were quite peaceful but that report that was issued by amnesty international today does shine a light on a number of quote human rights violations they cite violence against peaceful demonstrators by way of the military and by way of the police reporting as you mentioned mariyam fourteen people dead most of them by gunshot wounds either by the military or by police the report also condemns a number of tactics used by by local authorities in honduras including the use of tear gas including the use of rubber bullets in those violent demonstrations that we saw in the week prior following the the the the stalled electoral process in honduras where looting and violence sort of spread across the country but again the

situation in honduras is that it's been almost two full weeks since the general election and the process has continued it remains stalled and what we're seeing is reports of a large financial impact a large economic impact across the country reports of food shortages reports of fuel shortages so both indications that this political crisis is only going to continue. on the latest. deal has been reached between the u.k. and the european union allowing brics and gauche asians to move on to the next stage trade talks have stalled over citizens' rights after a break after the u.k. so-called divorce payment came up and in particular the border between northern ireland and there were public a violent u.k. in the e.u. agreed there will be no hard border between the two but regulations will be aligned to allow freedom of movement and tariff free trade to continue without order chang's. after some tough conversations we've now agreed

a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer it means that in future we will be able to invest more in our priorities at home such as housing schools and the n.h.s. in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. you're watching the news. to sports news including a story of three women set to make history for nigeria.

thank you so much myron rolle for you first say no countries will boycott football's gold cup of nations despite an ongoing political dispute all it seems already to play out the event in kuwait and for president gianni and francine i will now attend the opening match of the tournament and later on this month saudi arabia the united arab emirates and bahrain have imposed a blockade on neighboring cats are of the sports governing body has confirmed teams from all those countries will compete on thursday fifa lifted its two year ban on coates allowing the nation to host the events when a statement in from senior said the solidarity and friendship shown by all illustrates once again the power of football to unite people across borders the gulf cup will be a great celebration of football to have all eight teams participating in kuwait sends a very powerful message to the world because john allen has been named as the world's

best footballer for a fifth time the real madrid star equaling the all messages record at the barn door awards in paris police home and reports. it sometimes appears as though christiane i read out oh it's as comfortable on a red carpet as a football pitch such is the extent of his trophy cabinet the ballon d'or is the oldest annoys a prestigious award the world best player and for a fifth time it was in rinaldo ronald golf course it was going to surface so no. of course i feel happy it's a great moment in my career or on drugs this is something that i. looking forward every year every season so i'm glad that last year we did amazing this is a. must see them right now to help draw madrid win the champions league and their first league title since two thousand and twelve he's tied buffalo to star lee now

messi with five titles since two thousand and nine the journalists of france football magazine along with national team coaches and captains have voted for one of them as we know every q but what's left now over now do what division still have the motivation you not to be. christiane or to play with with up in as so i think the main war that's being enjoyed enjoy myself. it caps quite the year for christiana rinaldo who welcomes three babies into the world as well and a trophy wasn't the only thing rinaldo and his girlfriend went home with either a father of four and now a five time ballon d'or winner lisa allman al-jazeera. or specks business for an elbow and his royalty mates on saturday they face severe who are fifth in just a place below the madrid club but still the talk was all of those place in football history. the lawyers told you that forwards would soon the best in football history

yes i think he is it's the same story as always there are a lot of supplies for example at this club who have made history but i think no one has done what he's doing now at the in the numbers speak for themselves what he has done what he's doing and what he will carry on doing it's impressive so yes i think he is. peru's caps and will miss next year's world cup after receiving a one year ban that's carrying who are already missed last month seemed like qualifier against new zealand that sealed perris first world cup a parent since back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six to the thirty three year old struck a failed the test after perris game against argentina back in. the n.b.a. says a minor league team could be based out of mexico city starting next season it's part of the league's only going efforts to build its international audience the news coming just before the brooklyn nets played at the first of two games in mexico

city on thursday they face the oklahoma city thunder teams off to a slow start to pay the high altitude causing some fatigue among the players but it was the net c. came out on top beating the found out one hundred ninety five. we have a preference for coming to mexico city because as we look down the road frankly to see whether there would be an opportunity to even dream about putting a franchise here or an n.b.a. franchise here in mexico city we believe it makes sense and as a first step to have a development league team here and to work out some of the issues to better understand what it would mean to have a team in mexico but the opportunity isn't reserved just for mexico city and of course our partners here in this arena also have facilities and in other cities that are looking to build facilities in other cities as well so we'll continue to look at all options for the white house's rice some. doubts about the united states

team participating in next year's winter olympics in south korea this week the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. expressed her concern about the safety of american athletes amid tension with neighboring north korea of the white house press secretary sara sanders created some confusion on thursday saying no official decision has been made she later tweeted saying the u.s. is looking forward to taking potshots. look that wasn't exactly what the masters said no official decision has been made on that and will keep us posted as those decisions are made look i know that the goal is to do so but that will be a decision maker. well certainly planning to take part in chiang games is the nigerian women's bobsled eighty eight become the first african seem to reach the qualifying standard for a winter olympics they do though have to maintain their position in the world's top

forty in seoul january the fourteenth in order to guarantee their place the team are all former track and field athletes and they would be the first nigerians to appear at the events. amazing story that is how you sport is looking for now let's get back to marry him in london andy thanks very much well that wraps up this news hour but my colleagues will be with you in just a moment with much more of the day's news a full bulletin coming up including of course around up of all of the day's top stories right here on al-jazeera.

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their training very seriously who. will live through a more definitive war in egypt would be a few more alive. thanks love to making loans to some friends because behind the suffering millions of taxpayers because those taxpayers never go away is a new one born every single day it is an urgent national and we put it we officially request ration of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i am a sinner i'm a bad person. debts machine at this time. hundreds injured in violent clashes between palestinian protesters and israel.